Five Sports Owners Who Should Host Saturday Night Live

March 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment

justin timberlake SNLJustin Timberlake has been a busy man recently with his marriage to Jessica Biel, the release of his first album in nearly seven years, and his purchase of a minority stake in the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.  You can add Saturday Night Live host to this list too, as Timberlake will host SNL for the fifth time.  He becomes the 13th member of the “Five-Timers Club”, a prestigious club for people who have been host/musical guest on SNL at least five times.

More importantly, he is just the second person to host SNL as an active owner or part owner of a professional sports franchise.  The late George Steinbrenner was the first owner to host SNL way back in 1990.

It has been just under 23 years since the last sports franchise owner has hosted SNL.  Hopefully, it will not be 20 plus years before another one gets a chance to shine live from New York on a Saturday night.

Here is a list of owners (full, majority, or part) that should get the opportunity to host SNL.

Mark Cuban:
In the realm of professional sports, few owners have the personality and charisma that Cuban has.  He has an opinion on everything, is an investor on the hit ABC television show Shark Tank, and his actions have resulted in him being one of the most fined owners in the NBA.  Cuban has amassed well over a million dollars in fines since he became the owner of the Dallas Mavericks in 2000 (at least he matches each fine with a donation to charity).  Cuban’s willingness to make a spectacle of himself is not a good thing for a franchise, but it is a great characteristic for a host of Saturday Night Live.  As far as owners go, Cuban has the type of personality that SNL looks for in a host.

Jay-Z:
While there are questions about how much of the Brooklyn Nets he really owns, it is a surprise that the other owner in the “Suit and Tie Classic”, Jay-Z, has yet to host SNL.  Now in the defense of Saturday Night Live, Jay-Z has been a musical guest and has some cameo appearances.  Yet, he has never hosted the late night sketch comedy show.  Jay-Z has some serious star power, and will certainly attract viewers, so the bigwigs at SNL need to make this happen quickly.  He is going on tour with Timberlake on July 17, and hopefully Timberlake will be able to convince him to find some time to host SNL.

Jerry Jones:
Seeing Jerry Jones on SNL would be funnier than watching the Dallas Cowboys choke away another game. The larger than life owner is one of the best candidates (as far as owners go) to host SNL because of his country twang and I am the boss mentality.  Jones’ micromanaging approach to running the Cowboys has garnered him his fair share of criticism, but that does not stop him from calling the shots.  He routinely writes checks with his mouth that the Cowboys cannot cash (the only checks of his that cannot be cashed), and as a result he has become an almost comical figure in the world of sports. Who knows, he might get on the set of SNL and start trying to run the show like he does in Dallas, bringing in Tony Romo from the audience to fumble lines like he fumbled this snap.

Nolan Ryan:
There are owners, then there are icons, and Ryan is a baseball icon who happens to also own the Texas Rangers.  Ryan is a first ballot Baseball Hall of Famer, has owned the Rangers since 2010, holds the MLB record for most no hitters, and holds the record for most strike outs.  Saturday Night Live loves getting icons from the realm of music and acting to host the show, and in the realm of sports there are few owners as iconic as Ryan.

Tony Stewart:
One of the best drivers in NASCAR happens to be an owner as well, and judging from some of his commercials, Tony Stewart would be a great host for SNL.  He is one of the funnier members of the NASCAR community, which is something Saturday Night Live should love.  Stewart also has a little bit of an inappropriateness to him (just watch him grab the butt of Kevin Harvick’s Wife), which should be great for ratings.

CJ Hurt covers the NBA for MemphiSport. Follow him @churtj09 for live tweets from games.

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I hate Mondays/Kings light up scoreboard with rout over Thunder !!

December 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The rude blare of the alarm wakes me from my deep slumber. I can hear the pitter-patter of raindrops outside the window-or was I dreaming? I hit the snooze button on the alarm. It blares again, I hit the snooze again.

Then the Rolling Stones(Sympathy for the Devil) on my cell rings, bringing me crashing down to earth. I pick up the call,” hey you coming to work”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLddJ1WceHQ

Monday morning; a day commonly referred to as Blue Monday. I don’t like them, you don’t like them; even Karen Carpenter wrote a song about how she was bothered by them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0

Monday is a great day to escape to if you’ve had a bad weekend; crappy weekend – there’s always Monday. Monday is easier to spell then other days of the week, and has the same amount of letters as our favorite day; Friday.

Mondays are great days to call in sick because employers don’t really know if you were already sick Saturday and Sunday. It’s much harder to be sick during the week. Monday, if pronounced just a little different, sounds like “money”. We all love that, don’t we?

Monday means there’s only four more days until Friday and another hockey game.

Saturday
 
 Alexander Pechurskiy was ready from the instant the first puck dropped and was outstanding between the pipes all night as he stopped all 27 shots directed his way. The Kings spanked the Thunder 5-0 at the DeSoto Civic Center.

Patrik Levesque scored the first of the five unanswered goals at 1:33 of the first period. It was 1-0 Kings after one.

Then midway through the second period, it became the Martt Summers show. Summers scored his first of the night at 12:33. Then just 1.50 minutes later he lit the lamp again. The Kings skated off at the end of the second up by three.

Then at 12:26 of third Summers bagged a natural hat trick. This video came to mind when he scored his third goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9wIzi96_EI

I felt like asking him after the game to give me the lottery numbers for next week.

The Kings would score one more in the third and that came off the stick of Flath at 16:35. The Kings 5- the Thunder ZIP.

Thunders netminder Delmas had a tough night between the pipes as he stopped 18 of 23 shots directed his way. Wichita was 0- for- 7 on the powerplay. Mississippi was 1- for- 4.

Joe Sports thoughts on Saturday nights game.
 
It was the Summers and Pechurskiy show. Seriously folks, I thought our netminder kept us in the game at key times. What can I say about Summers, anyone who scores a hat trick at any level, gets my hat.

The difference probably in tonight’s game was the Kings were able to finish and the Thunder couldn’t finish.

Our goaltender shut them down and we were able to get to theirs.They had some Grade A chances and Pechurskiy bailed us out.

The second period was the difference in the hockey game. I thought both the first and the third were evenly played. We never got complacent and we never got satisfied. I think the Kings were really sharp with the puck, the way they moved it and in our pursuit to get the loose pucks. We were winning the battles and eventually we got rewarded when we scored some goals.

Funny what hard work will do.
 
We have playmakers, but at the same time, it takes everybody to win.

We won the game, but we’ve got a lot of work to do. But to me the game showed some glaring weaknesses we still have.

Remember we played a team that is 9- 8- 2 . Now don’t get me wrong, we’re not setting the CHL on fire. We’re a .500 club at best. (10- 10- 1)

That’s the way I see it and I’m Joe Sports.
 
NOTES
There were a few skirmishes but nothing major between the teams, who have not hidden their dislike for each other over the last two to three seasons. We will require a similar performance, no I would say a spectacular performance next Friday and Saturday. We play the Bugs and Dayton. Two top hockey teams in the CHL.

Have a great week. I’m Joe Sports.
 
 

 

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Offside Thursday/All the Kings men !!

December 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Through their struggles, the Mississippi RiverKings finally beat the Evansville IceMen at the DCC Tuesday night. As all the Kings’ men whipped the IceMen 5-2.

Isn’t nice to taste victory at home.
Mississippi scored quickly in the first period, just 1:10 to be exact. Milan Maslonka tipped in a shot off the stick of Russell Smith. Evansville tied the game at one on a powerplay goal coming off the stick of Jeff Nelson at 18:51. It was 1-1 after twenty minutes.
The first period belonged to the Kings but the second period went to the IceMen.

The IceMen outshot the Kings 18-6.

Midway through the second period the IceMen scored shorthanded(I hate those) Brian Bicek beat Kings netminder Sterling.at the12:22 mark The Kings responded quickly with a powerplay goal from Richards at 13:07. It was 2-2 after forty minutes of play.

In the third the Kings came out flying as Maslonka scored his second of the night at 1:47.Then Jeff Christian added a powerplay goal at 13:48. Then veteran Richards’ scored his second goal of the night on the powerplay) at 17:54. The final 5-2 Kings.

If it wasn’t for netminder Larry Sterling in the second, the Kings might have not won Tuesdays’ game. Sterling stopped 35 of 37 shots directed his way. Evansville’s netminder Lundin stopped 23 of 28 shots directed his way.

The Kings were 3-for-11 on the powerplay(ouch) but the special teams( penalty kill) were great on Tuesday night.
The IceMen were 1-for-6 on the powerplay.

Next up…. The RiverKings are off to Tulsa for a game on Friday night. That game starts at 7:35 pm. Then on Saturday, Mississippi will battle against Wichita at the DeSoto Civic Center. Game time is 7:05pm.
 

 

Quick note:
Brian Ihnacak signed with the RiverKings. Forwards Darrell Stoddard and Brennan Sarazin were placed on the 10-day injured reserve list.
 

Joe Sports thoughts on Tuesdays game

 
That was a rare burst of goals by the Kings Tuesday. It was great to see.

The Kings looked good tonight, but for only 40 minutes I thought. Some members of the media and some fans were giving them credit with a full 60 minutes, but I have to disagree.

We came out good in the first, but we came out flat in the second and in IMO we’re lucky to hold the IceMen to just one goal.
Lets thank- Sterling for that. Our penalty kill was awesome. Yes we got 3 powerplay goals out of 11 chances. I was not happy about that. Remember that special teams are the key to winning games.

All in all, a good effort. Not a full 60 minute effort, but enough to pull out a win. A couple garbage goals in close. The team defense played well at times. The forwards played “smart hockey,” making everything click at the right time.

With the penalty kill saving the Kings. It was a collective win. We worked hard, feels like it could be the beginning of a streak. Well lets not get carried away. Now the Kings will see if they can keep the momentum going Friday in Tulsa, as they attempt to string back-to-back wins together and hopefully put in a 60 minute game not 40.

That’s the way I see it and I’m Joe Sports.

 

Offside Thursday

An ESPN sportscaster called 83-year-old Joe Paterno “the Brett Favre of coaching.” Let’s all hope JoePa isn’t into texting.

A Mississippi high school basketball coach, who was suspended for allegedly whipping players’ behinds as discipline, says he did it to help them.

Reuters reports a man in his sixties unintentionally walled himself into the basement. This is not to be confused with Lou Lamoriello signing Ilya Kovalchuk.

A 77-year-old Spanish woman recently became the world’s oldest professional parachute jumper, completing her 903rd jump. She’s the most talked about diver of late this side of the Bruin’s Marc Savard.

Vernon Fiddler of the Coyotes recently recorded his first NHL hat trick. If Vernon bulges the top of the twine, is that called Fiddler on the roof?

Interim Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said Favre will be his starting quarterback because Brett’s been a leader on their team. Maybe Frazier thinks Favre is like a General, one who likes taking pictures of his privates.

Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee suggested that football teams like TCU and Boise State don’t deserve a national title because they play against the “Little Sisters of the Poor.” When it comes to respect, it seems the Pac-10 gets nun.

Canadian crooner Michael Buble, co-owner of the Vancouver Giants hockey team, made headlines this week by saying he and his fiancee – Argentine actress and model Luisana Lopilato – will wed twice. One ceremony will be in her native land, the second in Vancouver. Is it just me, or does this sound like much I-do about nothing?

U.S. Thanksgiving serving from Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Tiger Woods … Ben Roethlisberger … Brett Favre … LeBron James … President Obama certainly has his pick of turkeys to pardon this year.

Jessica Simpson said her fiancee, ex-NFLer Eric Johnson, chose a good hiding place when he stashed her three-stone ruby engagement ring at her house – in a shoe. His other option was under a book.

Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck took off from the pocket for a 63-yard run against Cal. This is one case where it was good to have your Luck run out.

Rafael Nadal was given a new $525,000 watch by Richard Mille to replace one that was stolen. There’s no present like the time.

Stevie Johnson of the Bills was dinged $5000 by the NFL for celebrating a touchdown by pulling up his jersey to reveal a message on his T-shirt. I’m thinking the fine sounds a little over the top.

A new report has named Vancouver the world’s second most eco-friendly city. The authors point to two major steps in Vancouver’s reduction of toxic gas emissions: 2006 when the city adopted solar-powered trash compactors, and 2004 when the Canucks fired Brian Burke.

F1 Virgin Racing Team owner Richard Branson has sponsored a photography book featuring supermodels Including Brooklyn Decker, Miranda Kerr and Marisa Miller. The top three titles under consideration:
 

3. Life in the fasting lane;
2. Gentlemen; start your engines;
1. Vroom with a view.

CERN scientists told Reuters they are closer than expected to proving there’s another dimension beyond the four we know. A CERN spokesperson says by probing the fifth dimension they hope to find a) the mysterious Higgs particle, b) all the missing socks from dryers, and c) Tiger Woods’ golf game.

A new ‘Wind Up’ mini car, capable of going 60 KPH, goes on display this week in Essen, Germany. Listed in Guiness as the world’s smallest car licensed for public streets, it’s only 104 centimetres high, 130 centimetres long and 66 centimetres wide. It is said to be ideal for jockeys and Montreal Canadiens.

Randy and Evi Quaid, who have been in Vancouver since October seeking asylum, missed a fourth mandatory court appearance in Santa Barbara. They join the Flames, Oilers and Maple Leafs as teams in Canada who haven’t been showing up.

Eva Longoria filed court papers this week to divorce Spur’s star Tony Parker and end three years of marriage. In basketball terms, this would be called a triple un-double.

The bat Kirk Gibson used to hit his legendary home run in the 1988 World Series sold at auction for $575,000. Meanwhile, the one Vladi Guerrero used in the 2010 World Series sold at auction for firewood.

Jenn Sterger reportedly met with NFL officials for over three hours to discuss allegations Brett Favre sent her racy texts, including nude photos of his private parts. I’m thinking it’s a good thing for Favre the sexting happened before the NFL banned head shots.

For the first time in seven years a Bills home game was be blacked out in Buffalo. For the rest of us, no such luck.
Slayer X-MAS What happens when X-mas lights meet Metal heavy gods.This is what happens.

http://en.video.canoe.tv/video/comedy/latest-viral-videos/1906868833/heavy-metal-christmas-light-show/687365103001

Neil Young’s – Whip my hair-Jimmy you are great!!

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2010/11/neil-young-and-bruce-springsteen-whip-my-hair/
 

Cowboys and Aliens-Looks kind of cool !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKU9WU_wLo
 

Danny MacAskill – “Way Back Home/ This guy does not need roads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw
 

Fight of the day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UG4lua7Cf4
 

Your dance around your desk video of the day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE

That’s it for today, have a great day. I’m Joe Sports

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Memphisport Live: 06.08.10

June 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment

After a week off, Kevin and Marcus return to preview the NBA Draft,Memphis Beat, and more.

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Ode To Coach Cal

February 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

I’ve drawn a line in the sand and I will not budge
I gotta be honest because-I do hold a grudge.

Coach Cal is the target-he’s not a nice guy
And if you will stay tuned I’ll tell you why.

First of all he can’t coach,I know I’ll not be the same
After the way he handled that Kansas game.

Tiger fans were going crazy,I heard them shout;
For Heaven’s sake coach call a time out.

But no time out was called and the next time I looked
Sure as God made green apples out goose was cooked.

Then there is the Derrick Rose affair for all to see
Because he did not take his own ACT.

The NCAA found out and here’s their call
They want to nail our butts to the wall.

Calipari could care less with him it’s all ducky
He took off for a big job in Kentucky.

I don’t wish him physical pain or financial distress
But If you polled Tiger fans I would have to guess;

They’d hope for the Wildcats to find their final rhythm
And go straight to the Devil and take Cal with ‘em.

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Ode To Myron Lowery – Interim Mayor

October 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I think Myron Lowery caught a big time break
Because replacing mayor Herenton will be a piece of cake.

All Myron has to do is play it cool
And remember the #1 political rule.

If things go sour and nothing seems to work
Just blame it all on Willie that sanctimonious jerk.

If that doesn’t fly you can get everyone excited;
Just say you heard Willie will be indicted.

You might add that you hope he’s busted
After he was one guy you never trusted.

So Myron if you’ll do all that I will take note
And when you run for mayor-you’ll get my vote.

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